My parents were married before I was born and stayed married to each other. We attended church weekly. That gave me white privilege.

My parents taught me to work hard and that no one owed me anything. They taught me that success or failure was in my hands and that if I failed it was because I had not worked hard enough. That gave me white privilege.

I worked hard to get good grades in high school and went from there to college, where I majored in a marketable, math-based field, instead of just drinking and chasing girls. That gave me white privilege.

I got a job where I worked hard, almost always over 40 hours a week, and learned my field as I saved aggressively. Then I took a major risk and started my own business. While some would say I “didn’t build that”, I worked 80 hour weeks, then 60 hour weeks for years. That gave me white privilege.

I married after I had a job and could support a family, but before we had kids. That gave me white privilege.

As a parent, I could buy a whole lot for my kids, but I didn’t and don’t do that. I teach them traditional values that will allow them to succeed for real. None of my kids have had children out of wedlock. All attend church weekly, even after they left home. That will give them white privilege too.

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posted on 07/11/2014 7:49:51 PM PDT
by Pollster1
("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)

I worked around enough liberals that had the inside track on good TV and movie work and only the approved liberal was allowed inside the track. Didn’t matter what they could do or not do or if they had any sense at all.

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posted on 07/11/2014 7:51:23 PM PDT
by wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)

> Then get a job, pay your taxes and be called a racist for wanting to send illegals home...

Pay more than your fair share of taxes, watch freeloaders receive welfare while staying at home getting high and drunk playing video games, then go out at night and make more money than you make in a week tax free selling drugs...welcome to white privilege

Not to mention children that are playing better at 5 years old on pianos, guitars, and violins than most adults 4 times their age. Actually I think that’s also due to discipline and the ability to focus like a laser beam on the task at hand. I could see the culture being a factor as well. You’ll have to wait until an entire generation has been Americanized to test that theory though...: )

The news: It’s no $45,000 potato salad, but it may be just as important.

GoFundMe user Yaya M. is raising $135,000 to buy something many people have but all of us could use: some white privilege.

Why: “Although I have layered oppressions that have affected my ability to access my slice of the American Pie, no issue has affected me more readily than my lack of white privilege,” Yaya writes.

White privilege  for the uninitiated  is defined as “a set of societal privileges which benefit white people beyond what is commonly experienced by non-white people in the same social, political or economic circumstances.”

Examples of white privilege include: Not having to ensure your children are aware of systemic racism for their own daily physical protection, for one thing.

Yaya elaborates: “From being assumed to have ‘cheated’ my way into programs for gifted children AND college (via affirmative action), to having my natural hair viewed as unprofessional amongst professional peers, to having people make negative assumptions about my competency level, interests, and job knowledge, to being viewed as naturally dangerous or threatening, my lack of white privilege has created numerous obstacles as I’ve struggled to successfully compete in a white dominated workforce,” Yaya writes.

As a result: Yaya hopes that, “through this campaign, I will begin to make some headway towards closing the gap that white privilege has created in my life.” To that end, Yaya calculated the $135,000 figure by taking the statistical wage gap between Yaya and the typical white male then multiplying it by the 15 years Yaya has been in the job market.

And in case you’re still not on board: There’s a long list of benefits for donating:

$5 pledge: “At this level, I agree to be the black friend you are referencing when you tell people ‘I’m not racist, I have a black friend!’”

$65 pledge: “At this level, you may touch my hair without asking, enabling you to potentially absorb some of my magical afro powers.”

$200 pledge: “At this level, I will dress like a cop and harass you on the street for what will seem like no reason. Earn some street cred amongst your friends!”

Plus many, many more.

The irony: Of course, we all know that white privilege is born, not made. The point of Yaya’s account appears to be to draw attention to the persistence of white privilege in American society, and the broader costs of resulting black disadvantage.

Or, it could be just to have $135,000 to spend.

Either way: Respect the hustle.

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posted on 07/11/2014 8:47:32 PM PDT
by B4Ranch
(Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)

Quote: As a result: Yaya hopes that, "through this campaign, I will begin to make some headway towards closing the gap that white privilege has created in my life." To that end, Yaya calculated the $135,000 figure by taking the statistical wage gap between Yaya and the typical white male then multiplying it by the 15 years Yaya has been in the job market.

What Yaya fails to discern is that she is not looking at a "wage" gap. Rather, what's she's seeing is actually a productivity gap, where some white males may choose to engage in economically productive activities for which they are rewarded by the marketplace.

Yaya, on the other hand, is penning laughably self-pitying screeds while engaging in the questionable trade of being an Internet panhandler (the only thing missing is the sign that says "Homeless, hungry. Please help. God Bless!")

As the marketplace generally does not reward non-productive behavior such as Yaya's, she is poorly remunerated. Yet she fails to correctly link her lack of success to her poor choices in life, choosing instead to blame the cultural bogeyman of "white privilege" for her piteous plight, which is in reality a product of her own ludicrously poor choices.

This means having the ability to whine about being broke when one has been given a multimillion dollar book deal.
Being able to denounce tax cuts for the rich while taking advatage of every possible deduction and scheme to lower ones tax rate..
Being able to say how one cares for union members while not employing union members
Being able to trash those wealthy Republican trust funders born with silver spoons while one is a wealthy Lefty trust funder born with a silver spoon...

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